Thanks man. I heard about it, but never took it seriously. Will give it a try. Best, Andy -- Andy Hardwake Composer/Producer <http://www.myspace.com/andyhardwake> On Apr 4, 2007, at 7:37 AM, Man Parrish wrote: > Hey Guys, > > There's a better idea... I use CdBaby.com. An AWSOME, honest site and > service for indie > folks and unsigned musicians. Its also free.. I've made a few thousand > bucks this past year > from selling my stuff on there. They are SUPER connected with iTunes, > MSN, Yahoo, > AOHell, Napster and tons of other online distribution services. You > simply register on their > website, and send in your stuff [no review process, they take all > kinds of music] as a cd or > CD-R with "home-made" graphics, which is what i did. Sign an agreement > that you are the > rightfull owner and you're in. They have "instant in" to sites like > iTunes [which normally > takes 3-4 months to get "reviewed"] and about 30 other online stores. > CdBaby.com has > deals that bypass all that 'review" stuff that iTunes has. > > They also pay directly to your bank account. I get payouts aprox 2x a > month. Once for > "domestic" and once for "foreign" online sales [like iTunes Europe, > etc] iTunes charges 99 > cents and keeps something like 40 cents. 60 cents goes to CdBaby and > they keep 9 cents > for all the work and accounting they do. You get aprox 50 cents or > half. So....When was > the last time you did a record deal that paid you 50% ?? And it's > non-exclusive, [you can > still do MySpace or your own website like I do]. It's easy, honest and > you send in your stuff > to one place and they re-send it to like 30 different online stores ! > > Their website has all the info, and they have paid out a few million > [yes million] so far in > royalties.. http://www.CdBaby.com > > Many online stores require that you are "released". So when you send > your cd to CdBaby, > they stock a copy on their warehouse shelves, which "technically" is a > phyisical copy [or a > release] The artwork you give them is what winds up on iTunes, so get > photoshop > happy... lol. Any questions, let me know.... I generated tons income > from my old catalog, > and I'm now compiling a re-mix and "rare tracks" compilation for > them.. Gee.. money > motivates ... lol > > Good luck ! > > -Man Parrish
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Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: MySpace music site / Better Idea / MAN PARRISH
2007-04-04 by Andy Hardwake
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